Posted by endit on December 05, 2002 at 17:49:32:
“I’ve got it!” Ivan yelled to himself. “Its simple and unique indoctrination, it has to be!” he exclaimed as he jumped up and down with his cat in his arms. He paused put the cat down and picked up the phone to call his friend.
“Jerry I need you to come over and listen to this, it’s amazing, can’t talk over the phone hurry” and before Jerry had a chance to reply Ivan hung up and rushed back to his computer and began to type at an alarming speed.
The planet revolves around capitalism; ‘money makes the world go round’ they say. And that’s just it, they need money to keep their empire up and running, its like the Rich’s petrol, and the food for the global machine.
They market their world to us through propaganda and its everywhere, it’s the food labels we eat…
Ivan paused and turned around to see Jerry passing the window. He jumped up and rushed to the door to open it.
“Excellent that was quick check this out…” Ivan blurted as soon as the door was open. He then ran back to his computer, sat down and began to type. “Read this Jerry,” he exclaimed typing furiously.
“It’s the movies we watch, it’s the newspapers we read it’s the television it’s the billboards the magazines…”
“Don’t forget porn,” said Jerry interrupting.
“It’s the pornography machine it’s the radio. Its all propaganda and its all to be CONSUMED by the masses that see it, hear it, think it, everyday. I wake up and I see it out my window, I go shopping and I see it, hear it, smell it, THINK IT. And because it is consumed into people’s minds, IT STAYS THERE! Sometimes forever.’
“Jerry, can you remember the books your mother read to you when you were growing up?” said Ivan, pausing for a minute to address Jerry.
“Not really”
“What about the Dr zeuss book ‘are you my mother?’”
“ Oh yeah I remember that one, mum read that to me since I was about 4”
“Exactly, and you could argue that the book is propaganda, it doesn’t serve a purpose other than to amuse, but it is still propaganda. And it works on the same principal for all the propaganda we consume. Because Jerry, we SEE propaganda, which means you READ it and we CONSUME it, which means that we then THINK it….”
“You don’t have to tell me that,”
When you read books, you will remember the story line up to years after you have read the book, same with movies, it is because it is consumed into you mind and stored in your memory. It’s the same with billboards, magazines, TV, Radio, newspapers. Why just this morning I over heard numerous people say, “I saw on the TV ages ago”, and, “read in the newspaper once…” and, the most scary one, “Do you remember this add?” Propaganda has an effect on people’s minds and lifestyles, its crazy. You could say that the propaganda machine is the reason the world is so fucked up. But what it then comes down to is who runs the propaganda machine, and as always it’s the rich, the elite, the bankers and businessmen who shape our world. The ones that get rich off of the labour of the masses. The ones that market us this “perfect world” want us to be ascthetic, and hedonistic, and base our lifestyles on the ones of the rich and famous. Or devote our lives to Jesus. That is, them. And the way they do this is through the propaganda…
“Ha that’s cool” said Jerry laughing “don’t forget to add that the reason they do all this is to maintain the status quo and maximize profits”
The elite can only thrive by dividing the masses. Every sporting event is flooded with logos and advertisements. The cities also flooded with billboards, logos and other forms of propaganda. People lose their connection towards others and become entrenched in consumerism. They become superficial. Sometimes even the sporting venues themselves are owned, named after and operated by large banks or corporations, which when compared to the social conditions of the soviet union, is very similar, but its all CORPORATE propaganda that we consume…
Jerry leans forward and interrupts Ivan “your going off track a bi…”
“It doesn’t matter” Ivan screeched gently in reply.
“Damn now I lost my train of thought!”
“Well don’t forget to mention Rome as well.” Jerry finished in a whisper.
It’s a spectacle, like Rome. The Roman Empire distracted people by throwing Christians and dissidents to the lions. The same now, only it’s things like the world cup soccer, the commonwealth games, the Olympic games held every four years. Huge corporate spectacles, drawing in millions to the events and hundreds of millions of people watch it on TV around the WORLD! A huge spectacle. Even nationally, each country is distracted by sports. Big corporate spectacles. Like football…
“Hey did you see in England, Aberdeen Football club chairman Stewart Milne is worth 65 million pound, he’s got a price on his head, he’s paying for the spectacle.”
Centralizing power is like turning the key and starting the machine called government. Who oppress the working class from the top down, distracting them with a huge spectacle. Creating a permanent class war between those oppressed and those that rule. It is universal to say that, while government exists there will always be a top down class war. Centralized power is also like putting a battery into a clock. It starts ticking and needs the battery, which is the working class to keep it ticking if it stops then there is no government and people lose their privilege and power to those who have none, and are robbed of it by the ruling class. And because of this permanent top down class war the capitalists have maintained this existing regime...
Jerry turns around and gets up to answer the door. Someone was knocking. He took three steps toward the door and the door busted open. Six police armed with silenced automatic pistols rushed threw the door, knocking Jerry to the ground. THUNG THUNG. Two bullets smashed the computers screen and hardrive. THUNG THUNG. Two more bullets destroyed the lives of Ivan and Jerry. The head officer opens the door again and walks out with the other officers. Four Ambulance crews came down the road sirens blaring. When they pulled up on the side of the street the medics jumped out and one of them ran up to the Head Police officer and showed him his police badge. The paramedics then rushed inside to clean up the mess. The police officers got in their cars and drive away. Ten minutes later the ambulance officers were gone, there was no evidence that Jerry and Ivan existed.